Directory Profile
Diana Petitti
Professor
Department of Biomedical Informatics
Dr. Diana Petitti joined ASU in 2008 after a career that included positions with the Centers for Disease Control as a field epidemiologist, 10 years as a member of the full-time faculty in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California San Francisco, and 19 years as a researcher and then senior executive with the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program. She is widely regarded as one of the leading epidemiologic experts on hormones and disease. Her recent work has focused on the applications of systematic review, meta-analysis and decision analysis to the formulation of health policy. She has published two books, both in their second edition, and 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Education
B.A. - Cornell University 1971
M.D. - Harvard Medical School 1975
M.P.H. - Berkeley School of Public Health 1981
Contact Info
Office Location: ABC 236
Phone: 602.287.2557
Email: diana.petitti@asu.edu
Research/Areas of Expertise
- Systematic review
- Decision models
- Record linkage
- Quality of care
- Comparative effectiveness
- Risk stratification
Research Center Involvement
- Center for Health Information & Research (CHIR)
Honors and Distinctions
- Past president of the Society for Epidemiologic Research.
- Western Regent, American College of Preventive Medicine, 2006-now
- Vice-Chair, United States Preventive Services Task Force, 2002-now
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